Robert, I wonder about inner space of the art producer. How does one who produces art, produce in such as way that voices are heard or even if that is at all of importance and if not, why not? Here in Lewiston NY Sonia Clark, the artistic producer of Artpark, is a dictator. She hires her friends from NYC. She hires groups that have nothing do to with this community and those who come who would like to do something about this community or humanity at large are not in the game plan. We are talking about upwards to $300,000 dollars to bring in groups from Spain, from France for a week. We need translators-their work is not in English. All the while there are conversations to be had that only artists can capture about our May 14 shooting, our storms where the rich have electricity and the poor are the last to have their homes restored, we have so much to talk about and Ms Clark uses taxpayers money to fund groups that are extreme in cost and alien to the culture that is here. There is not an intention to raise the bar, no reach out to local culture, local talent, local needs. The board are lawyers, they have no idea other than if things cost money it must be good. It is desperate. And the story of these past years whether its Trump, or Putin or Clark-one person destroys things. Somehow even in the Reagan era, it wast just one person destroying it was a group. It is still that same group but now there is a Trump, like a monster out or the box. There is Putin who should be assasinated-just ended. And Clark, who should also be done and thrown in jail for abuse of taxes, abuse of funds and of people, young people at that. How is it that one person can do so much damage, and what can the community do? The necessity of art revolves spherically with space to take in and respond. Space to allocate and hear what is coming forward. Why is it that this very organic process of creating and producing art...why has it gone so terribly? I never thought ego could do so much harm. What is the way out? Why is there such huge amounts of money needed to create work? I find no answer in this community. The idea of pushing away is counter to the idea of integrating and yet, it is so, today, here in this country. Dire. Depressing. Investments thwarted. $300,000 of non investment into community here. I wish there were some better news...and yet my curious voice is engaged as to why? How? What for? What is the next move? And through it all , the necessity of art calls. Like a patient waiting friend. How kind with all this muck!
Robert, I wonder about inner space of the art producer. How does one who produces art, produce in such as way that voices are heard or even if that is at all of importance and if not, why not? Here in Lewiston NY Sonia Clark, the artistic producer of Artpark, is a dictator. She hires her friends from NYC. She hires groups that have nothing do to with this community and those who come who would like to do something about this community or humanity at large are not in the game plan. We are talking about upwards to $300,000 dollars to bring in groups from Spain, from France for a week. We need translators-their work is not in English. All the while there are conversations to be had that only artists can capture about our May 14 shooting, our storms where the rich have electricity and the poor are the last to have their homes restored, we have so much to talk about and Ms Clark uses taxpayers money to fund groups that are extreme in cost and alien to the culture that is here. There is not an intention to raise the bar, no reach out to local culture, local talent, local needs. The board are lawyers, they have no idea other than if things cost money it must be good. It is desperate. And the story of these past years whether its Trump, or Putin or Clark-one person destroys things. Somehow even in the Reagan era, it wast just one person destroying it was a group. It is still that same group but now there is a Trump, like a monster out or the box. There is Putin who should be assasinated-just ended. And Clark, who should also be done and thrown in jail for abuse of taxes, abuse of funds and of people, young people at that. How is it that one person can do so much damage, and what can the community do? The necessity of art revolves spherically with space to take in and respond. Space to allocate and hear what is coming forward. Why is it that this very organic process of creating and producing art...why has it gone so terribly? I never thought ego could do so much harm. What is the way out? Why is there such huge amounts of money needed to create work? I find no answer in this community. The idea of pushing away is counter to the idea of integrating and yet, it is so, today, here in this country. Dire. Depressing. Investments thwarted. $300,000 of non investment into community here. I wish there were some better news...and yet my curious voice is engaged as to why? How? What for? What is the next move? And through it all , the necessity of art calls. Like a patient waiting friend. How kind with all this muck!